Health

THE DAWN OF ‘GEN SPRINGFIELD’ IS HERE

FORGET millennials and Gen Ys – the first generation of ‘Gen S’ Springfield-born babies will soon arrive. Mater Hospital Springfield will start delivering babies from May next year with referrals now open for mothers living in the rapidly growing region.

Staff Writers

22 Oct 2025

Health

Seniors Insight - Heart health, mental well-being – dogs get a good wrap

DO DOGS make great companions for retirees? There’s lots of research to prove they do or they can if there’s a good match with their owner.

Staff Writers

01 Oct 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Childcare worker in police probe re-employed

AN IPSWICH childcare worker under police investigation for alleged violent incidents at one playgroup centre was later hired – and then stood down – by another care facility.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

City Life

Tiny device slashes breast cancer wait times

SPRINGFIELD grandmother Carolyn McMillan couldn’t feel her breast tumour, and neither could her surgeon.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Agriculture

Nursery boss broken by NFAEP bureaucracy

FOR 30 years, Wesley Trevor operated a thriving nursery in Queensland, with 100,000 plants across seven acres, and at its peak employing 37 staff.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Health

Children dying as homelessness services fail youth

NEW data has revealed the scale of unaccompanied child homelessness in Australia, with experts warning that gaps in support services are putting young lives at risk.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Health

Button battery in burrito bowl at Ripley takeaway

AN IPSWICH woman says she was left panicked and unable to sleep after discovering a button battery in her meal from Guzman y Gomez at Ripley recently.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

At breaking point: Candy Soil stink continues

RESIDENTS at North Ipswich say they are at breaking point after composting facility Candy Soil continues to fill the streets with a putrid stench.

Rob Mellett

27 Aug 2025

Health

New veterans’ hub location revealed

VETERANS and their families will soon have access to support closer to home, with a location selected at 260 Brisbane Street, West Ipswich.

Rob Mellett

27 Aug 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Fond farewell: pharmacist Bob Slater retires

IF YOU’VE strolled through the old Ipswich Mall or the revitalised Nicholas Street Precinct over the past decades, chances are you’ve been greeted by the warm smile of Bob Slater.

Rob Mellett

20 Aug 2025

Health

LNP says expansion will tackle city ramping crisis

IPSWICH Hospital’s overstretched emergency department is set for relief, with a $9.6 million expansion of its Transit Care Centre to double capacity.

Rob Mellett

20 Aug 2025

Health

Residential rehab service to open in Ipswich

AN ALCOHOL and drug treatment centre will open in Ipswich later this year.

Rob Mellett

30 Jul 2025

Ipswich Tribune

No doctors: Canberra blamed for GP clinic closure

THE doors of Willowbank Medical Practice have closed – and with them, for many locals, the last reliable link to timely, local medical care.

Rob Mellett

16 Jul 2025

Ipswich Tribune

‘Betrayed’: NDIS cuts strand most vulnerable

MICHELLE Belcher still remembers the call.

Rob Mellett

09 Jul 2025

Health

NDIS Feature - What is the NDIS?

THE fundamental aim of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is to improve the quality of life of people with significant and permanent disability.

Staff Writers

02 Jul 2025

Health

NDIS Feature - New guidelines on accessibility of digital tech

THE Australian Human Rights Commission has released new guidelines to assist organisations and businesses to meet their legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act when providing digital products and services.

Staff Writers

02 Jul 2025

Health

NDIS Feature - Stories of success from NDIS

STORIES of the life-changing difference NDIS funding has made for individuals and their families are shared on the scheme’s website.

Staff Writers

02 Jul 2025

Health

Rebalance services to save the NDIS: Grattan Institute

THE National Disability Insurance Scheme has grown too big too fast, and its future is now at stake, according to the findings outlined in a new Grattan Institute report.

Staff Writers

02 Jul 2025

Health

NDIS Feature - Changes to funding are all about timing and budgets

CHANGES to how people with disability receive their funding began in late May this year and are being gradually rolled out.

Staff Writers

02 Jul 2025